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Montana Adds Protections for Kids in Private Residential Treatment Programs

KFF Health News Original

Programs in the so-called troubled teen industry will be required to provide a 24-hour hotline and unmonitored video calls with family and be subject to more inspections under a new Montana law.

State Laws Aim to Regulate ‘Troubled Teen Industry,’ but Loopholes Remain

KFF Health News Original

Without a federal law governing private, for-profit residential programs for children with behavioral problems, regulation has been left to the states. But even in states that have sought to increase oversight, deaths and controversial tactics such as seclusion still happen.